Betsy Sodaro

Betsy Sodaro
Betsy Sodaro
Born	June 10, 1984 (age 40); Leadville, Colorado, U.S.
Alma mater	Western State College of Colorado
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present

Betsy Sodaro (born June 10, 1984) is an American actress. She is a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. She is best known for her appearances on comedy programs such as Ghosts, Another Period, Duncanville, Clipped, Animal Practice, Nailed It, Big Time in Hollywood, FL and the Netflix show Disjointed.

Life and career

Sodaro is originally from Summit County, Colorado, and graduated from Western State College of Colorado in 2006, with a degree in communications and theater.^[1] She is the youngest of four sisters. Her father was an English teacher and children's playwright, and she grew up performing in his shows.^[2] After graduating, she trained and performed at the Sacramento Comedy Spot and moved to Los Angeles in 2007.^[3] She performs regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre with house improv teams Bangarang! and Search History and house sketch team Nephew. Sodaro cites Chris Farley among her comedic influences.^[4]

Sodaro has been in films such as Monsters University and The To Do List, and has made guest appearances on television shows such as Raising Hope, Comedy Bang Bang, NTSF:SD:SUV::, Stevie TV, and Kroll Show. In 2010, she was a cast member in UCB co-founder Matt Besser's Comedy Central sketch pilot This Show Will Get You High, along with Besser, Brett Gelman, John Gemberling, and Paul Rust. In 2012, Sodaro co-starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom Animal Practice. She also plays recurring roles on the Comedy Central's Another Period and Big Time in Hollywood, FL and co-starred on the TBS sitcom Clipped.

Sodaro is a frequent guest on Matt Besser's podcast improv4humans. She has also guested on many other podcasts on the Earwolf network such as on Comedy Bang! Bang!, Hollywood Handbook, and With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus.

Betsy Sodaro also provided the voice of Plant from Warner Bros. Animation's Right Now Kapow, Xixi The Toucan from All Hail King Julien, and many more. She also played the character "Dabby" on the Netflix sitcom Disjointed starring Kathy Bates. Beginning in 2022, Sodaro appeared on Ghosts as Nancy, a ghost who died from cholera. In High on Life, Sodaro voiced Sweezy, a talking alien gun known as a Gatlian.^[5] She has been featured as a Demodex mite in a television advertising campaign for Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s XDEMVY since October 17, 2024.^[6]

Filmography

Feature films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Monsters University	Additional voices
2013	The To Do List	Graduate #2
2018	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot	Powell's Information Person
2018	Next Gen	Gate	Voice
2019	Plus One	Grumpy Maid of Honor
2020	Trolls World Tour	Clampers Buttonwillow	Voice
	Valley Girl	Tough Bouncer
	An American Pickle	Defense Attorney
	Hubie Halloween	Bunny	^[7]
	Golden Arm	Danny
2021	Music	Probation Officer
2022	The Prank
2022	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Jo Serpent / Baker's Dozen Gang Member	Voices
2023	The Out-Laws	Chef Ida
2024	Summer Camp	Vick

Television shows
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	This Show Will Get You High	Various	Series regular, Comedy Central sketch pilot
2012	Animal Practice	Angela	Series regular, 9 episodes
2012–16	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Various	Recurring, 4 episodes
2013	Kroll Show	Renick's Co-Worker	Episode: "Can I Finish?"
	NTSF:SD:SUV	Dana	Episode: "A Hard Drive to Swallow"
	We Are Men	Katherine	Episode: "We Are Dognappers"
	Raising Hope	Candy	Episode: "Bee Story"
2014	The Millers	Nurse Jennifer	Recurring, 2 episodes
	Infomercials	Porcelaine	Episode: The Salad Mixxer
	Chelsea Lately	Herself - Round Table	Recurring, 2 episodes
	Review	Mary	Episode: "Revenge; Getting Rich; Aching"
2014–17	All Hail King Julien	Xixi (voice)	Recurring, 29 episodes
2014–19	Bob's Burgers	Patty/Jackie (voice)	3 episodes
2015	Big Time in Hollywood, FL	Darla	Recurring, 5 episodes
	Clipped	Rita Doyle	Recurring, 8 episodes
	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever	Queen Bee (voice)	Uncredited; Episode: "Sweet C"
2015, 2016	TripTank	Various Voices	Recurring, 2 episodes
2015, 2017	Dr. Ken	Sonja	2 episodes
2015–18	Another Period	Abortion Deb	Recurring, 5 episodes
2015–21	Superstore	Uptight Lady	5 episodes
2016	2 Broke Girls	Eunice	Episode: "And the Booth Babes"
	Love	Animal Shelter Employee	Episode: "The End Of The Beginning"
	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	Loretta	Episode: "Uncle Jerry"
	Dice	Motorcyclist	Episode: "Alimony"
	Lady Dynamite	A.D. Betsy	2 episodes
	Tween Fest	Vomit Donna	Episode: "The Tubey Awards"
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Jordan Carfton	Episode: "Coral Palms, Part 1"
	Adam Ruins Everything	Terry aka Squatter	Episode: "Adam Ruins Housing"
2016–17	Right Now Kapow	Plant (voice)	Series regular; 26 episodes
2016, 2017	The Powerpuff Girls	Eddie / Angela (voice)	2 episodes
2017	Jeff & Some Aliens	US Ambassador (voice)	Episode: "Jeff & Some Jeffs"
	Girlboss	Betsy	Episode: "Vintage Fashion Forum"
	All Hail King Julien: Exiled	Xixi (voice)	2 episodes
	Comrade Detective	Marku's Landlady (voice)	Episode: "Bread Is Bread"
	Apollo Gauntlet	Rubis (voice)	5 episodes
2017–18	Disjointed	Dabby	18 episodes
2018	LA to Vegas	Kathy The Dental Hygenist	Episode: "#PilotFlight"
	Speechless	Kathleen	Episode: "N-o-Nominee"
	Little Big Awesome	Puddin' Peggy / Sherris (voice)	2 episodes
	Happy Together	Donna	Episode: "Scrubbing"
	Human Kind Of	Ms. Coward / Hungry Alien (voice)	7 episodes
	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Ground Hog (voice)	Episode: "Pizza Pit"
2019	Tuca & Bertie	(voice)	Episode: "Plumage"
	Drunk History	Mary Mallon	Episode: "Bad Blood"
	Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure	Clementine (voice)	Episode: "Rapunzel's Return"
	The Loud House	Female Contest Judge (voice)	Episode: "Kings of the Con"
2019–21	Summer Camp Island	Skadi the Cloud Puncher (voice)	3 episodes
2019–23	Big City Greens	Community Sue (voice)	14 episodes
2020	Archibald's Next Big Thing	Shelby (voice)	Episode: "The Paperbirds/Rock and Egg Roll"
	Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts	Label (voice)	8 episodes
	Glitch Techs	Inspector 7 (voice)	2 episodes
	The Fungies!	Scrootch (voice)	Episode: "Cool Kids"
	It's Pony	Marti (voice)	Episode: "Loud Horse"
	The George Lucas Talk Show	Herself	Episode: "THX-2021"
2020–22	Duncanville	Bex (voice)	Series regular; character physically modeled after Sodaro
2020–2022	Trolls: TrollsTopia	Clampers Buttonwillow	Recurring voice
2021	Drama Club	Mrs. Todd	2 episodes
2021	Poorly Drawn Lines	Turt (voice)	5 episodes
2022	American Auto	Alex	Episode: "Recall"
	Big Nate	Kim / various (voice)	3 episodes
	Mr. Mayor	Teri	Episode: "Mayor Daddy"
	Hamster & Gretel	Coach Haggerty (voice)	Episode: "Cheer Cheer Bang Bang"
2022–present	Ghosts	Nancy	10 episodes
2022-23	Baby Shark's Big Show!	Barb (voice)	2 episodes
2023	Night Court	Bert	Recurring
2023-present	Tiny Toons Looniversity	Dizzy Devil (voice)
2024	Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	Pogo Stick Alien (Additional voice)	Episode: "The Great Beyond-er!"
2024	Exploding Kittens	Aidan (voice)

Digital shows
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	First Dates with Toby Harris	Friend #2	Episode: "Ex-Boyfriends"
2012–13	Lady Time	Eleanor	8 episodes
2014	Space Spring Break	Leslie	7 episodes
	Next Time on Lonny	Svetlana	Episode: "Choose Your Own Lonny"
	Beef	Dawna	1 episode
	300 Sunnyside	Betsy	3 episodes
2016	The Earliest Show	Katie Veal	Episode: "Bargaining"
2019	Kingpin Katie	Cheryl Wallace-Yablonski	Main cast
2020	Earth to Ned	Herself	Uncredited; Episode: "The Ned-aissance"
2023	Dirty Laundry	Herself	"Whose Family Van Got Stolen and Blown Up?"

Short films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Mushroom Park	Derek	Voice

Video games
Year	Title	Voice role
2022	High on Life	Sweezy

References

^ "Western's Newsroom | Western State Colorado University". www.western.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
^ "BETSY SODARO | Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend (full episode)". 13 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
^ "Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company in Sacramento". Archived from the original on 2014-02-20.
^ "10 Comics to Watch: Betsy Sodaro Q&A". Backstage.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (December 10, 2021). "'Ghosts': EP Joe Port Says "There's a Lot Of Fun In Store" For Future Episodes; Stars Tease Upcoming Storylines – TCA". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
^ "Tarsus Launches 'Your Mitey Problem,' the First Direct-to-Consumer TV Campaign for XDEMVY (lotilaner ophthalmic solution) 0.25%," Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. news release, Thursday, October 17, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
^ N'Duka, Amanda (July 22, 2019). "Adam Sandler Sets Next Netflix Comedy With All-Star Cast Including Kevin James, Julie Bowen, Maya Rudolph & Many More". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2019.

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[1] "Western's Newsroom | Western State Colorado University". www.western.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2017-08-27.

[2] "BETSY SODARO | Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend (full episode)". 13 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via www.youtube.com.

[3] "Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company in Sacramento". Archived from the original on 2014-02-20.

[4] "10 Comics to Watch: Betsy Sodaro Q&A". Backstage.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2017-08-27.

[5] Del Rosario, Alexandra (December 10, 2021). "'Ghosts': EP Joe Port Says "There's a Lot Of Fun In Store" For Future Episodes; Stars Tease Upcoming Storylines – TCA". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.

[6] "Tarsus Launches 'Your Mitey Problem,' the First Direct-to-Consumer TV Campaign for XDEMVY (lotilaner ophthalmic solution) 0.25%," Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. news release, Thursday, October 17, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

[7] N'Duka, Amanda (July 22, 2019). "Adam Sandler Sets Next Netflix Comedy With All-Star Cast Including Kevin James, Julie Bowen, Maya Rudolph & Many More". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2019.

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Betsy Sodaro

Life and career

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